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#167921voted by our readers
By SicklyRainbow BRONZE
Melbourne, Florida

My mind is so empty, toneless As I sit idly, motionless Numb and cold, callous Because you made me this way I stare blankly, heartless Thinking, pondering, clueless About...
SicklyRainbow BRONZE, Melbourne, Florida
2 articles 0 photos 0 comments

#167922 Poetry
By Doctor_elisa PLATINUM
Columbia, South Carolina
Doctor_elisa PLATINUM, Columbia, South Carolina
44 articles 0 photos 2 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;There are limitations and there are protocols and I&rsquo;ve been warned that I&rsquo;m not supposed to threaten or beg for pieces of someone&rsquo;s soul.&quot;<br /> <br /> Richard Siken, &lsquo;The Long and Short of It<br /> <br /> &quot;My mother told me I had a chameleon soul, no moral compass pointing due north, no fixed personality; just an inner indecisiveness that was as wide and as wavering as the ocean&quot; -unknown

#167923 Poetry
wjdhbjD SILVER, None, Other
6 articles 0 photos 12 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Let your smile change the world, but don&#039;t let the world change your smile.&quot;

#167924 Poetry
d.e.writes BRONZE, Merced, California
2 articles 1 photo 1 comment

Favorite Quote:
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast. - Oscar Wilde

#167925 Poetry
By LitleDaley62 BRONZE
Indianapolis, Indiana
LitleDaley62 BRONZE, Indianapolis, Indiana
2 articles 0 photos 1 comment
#167926 Poetry
By naptaker BRONZE
Cave Creek, Arizona
naptaker BRONZE, Cave Creek, Arizona
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments
#167927 Poetry
By Connor Stubblefield SILVER
Woodburn, Oregon
Connor Stubblefield SILVER, Woodburn, Oregon
7 articles 0 photos 2 comments
#167928 Poetry
By ClairArlene BRONZE
Tonganoxie, Kansas
ClairArlene BRONZE, Tonganoxie, Kansas
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
When the rich wage war it&#039;s the poor who die

#167929 Poetry
By magic-esi PLATINUM
Hyde Park, New York
magic-esi PLATINUM, Hyde Park, New York
27 articles 0 photos 231 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.&quot; <br /> &quot;Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if only one remembers to turn on the light.&quot;

#167930 Poetry
By KX.Ming SILVER
Cupertino, California
KX.Ming SILVER, Cupertino, California
7 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;A classic is a book that everybody talks about but nobody reads.&quot;